Spelling your name on the phone in French
On the phone, the office clerk can't find your file and asks you to spell your name letter by letter.
The phrase
Est-ce que je peux épeler mon nom ?10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1épeler/eple/
to spellverb
To say a word by giving each letter one after another.
- 2nom/nɔ̃/
surnamenoun
The word by which a person or thing is called.
- 3prénom/pʁenɔ̃/
first namenoun
The name given to a child at birth, placed before the family name.
- 4
lettreletter
- 5
majusculecapital letter
- 6
accentaccent mark
- 7
cédillecedilla
- 8
doubledouble
- 9
répéterto repeat
- 10
distinctementclearly
The sentences3 of 10
Est-ce que je peux épeler mon nom ?
Can I spell out my name?
Vous avez bien mon nom et mon prénom ?
Do you have both my first and last name?
Vous avez inversé mon prénom et mon nom.
You've swapped my first name and my last name.
Pronunciation
épeler/eple/
The first é is closed and the middle e is dropped: 'é-plé'.
prénom/pʁenɔ̃/
The final m is not pronounced: the ending is nasal, like in the French word bon.
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- How do you ask to spell your name in French?
- You can say « Est-ce que je peux épeler mon nom ? »
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